Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.08.2007, Blaðsíða 13

Music Art Films Events
Alas-Nature!
The National Gallery of Iceland’s
summer exhibition featuring works by
more than 50 artists, including High
Plane by Katrín Sigurðardóttir. Her
work is a widely acclaimed installation
for its revolutionary viewpoint in which
the landscape is laid out horizontally
on a table.
The National Museum
Suðurgata 41
Open daily 10–17
natmus.is/
Permanent exhibition:
The Making of a Nation
May 5–Aug 24
As seen by the visitor
Hans Viingard Friis photo exhibition
May 5–Aug 24
Sent to the countryside
Photo exhibition
May 19–Sep 30
The Road Between
Andrá exhibition: Installations by
Guðbjörg Lind Jónsdóttir, Guðrún
Kristjánsdóttir and Kristín Jónsdóttir.
The Nordic House
Sturlugata 5
Tue.–Sun. 12–17
www.nordice.is/
Aug 18–Aug 26
Art from kindergartens
Reyfi festival: Artworks from
kindergartens in 101 Reykjavík.
Aug 18–Aug 26
Nordic Modern Architecture
Reyfi festival: An exhibition presenting
modern architecture by gathering
four well known Scandinavian
photographers who specialize in taking
photographs of architecture.
Aug 18–Aug 26
Form.ax
Reyfi festival: Ålandic design featuring
the works of over 30 designers
Aug 23
Reyfi festival: Icelandic video-art
The Numismatic Museum
Kalkofnsvegur 1
Open Mon.–Fri. 13:30–15:30.
Free admittance.
Permanent exhibition:
The Central Bank of Iceland and the
National Museum of Iceland jointly
operate a numismatic collection
consisting of Icelandic notes and coins.
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2
Aðalstræti 16
Open daily 10–17
Permanent exhibition:
The Settlement Exhibition
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture
Museum
Sigtún
Open daily 10–16
Admission ticket is valid for three days
in all three museums.
Free entrance every Thursday.
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
Mar 31–Dec 31
Folk Tales
An exhibition of works by Icelandic
draughtsmen who took on the task
of illustrating folk tales from the oral
tradition.
Apr 2–Dec 31
The Shape of Life
A new retrospective of the works by
Ásmundur Sveinsson. The exhibition
focuses on abstract works from 1945
onwards.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Hafnarhús
Tryggvagata 17
Open daily 10–17
May 11–Aug 19
My Oz
Roni Horn retrospective
Jun 21–Aug 12
Installation by Daníel Björnsson at the
D Gallery.
May 10–Aug 17
The Erró Collection
Works from the museum’s Erró
collection: A further examination of the
diverse subjects and stages of Erró’s
artistic oeuvre.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Kjarvalsstaðir
Flókagata
Open Daily 10–17
Feb 10–Sep 2
K-Þátturinn / The K-Factor
Jóhannes S. Kjarval retrospective.
May 19–Aug 26
Kvika / Magma
Icelandic contemporary design
May 19–Aug 26
The Spark – Design for Everyone
Design exhibition, with special
educational programming
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
Grandagarður 8
Open Tue.–Sun. 11–17
www.sjominjasafn.is
Current exhibition:
Trawlers in Iceland
Reykjavík Museum
Kistuhylur 4
Open daily from 10–17
www.arbaejarsafn.is
Permanent exhibition:
Objects from Reykjavík cultural history.
The Reykjavík Museum
of Photography
Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor
Weekdays 12–19
Sat.–Sun. 13–17
Free Entrance
www.ljosmyndasafnreykjavikur.is
Jun 1–Sep 9
Automatos
Photographs by Olaf Otto Becker, Páll
Stefánsson and RAX
Jul 19–Aug 29
Destination
Photographs by Erla Stefánsdóttir
Safn
Laugavegur 37
Wed.–Fri. 14–18
Sat.–Sun. 14–17
Free Entrance
www.safn.is
May 19–Oct 20
Museum of the Surface / Desire Archive
/ Decay Complex
Unnar Örn J. Auðarson exhibition
Jul 14–Aug 26
Tumi Magnússon exhibition
Jul 14–Aug 26
Down the Chimney
Jennifer Tee exhibition
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Laugarnestangi 70
Open Tue.–Sun. 14–17
Permanent exhibition:
Works of sculptor Sigurjón Ólafsson
Start Art / Art Shop
Laugavegur 12b
www.startart.is
Aug 2–Aug 30
Ása Ólafsdóttir exhibition
Aug 2–Aug 30
Dagný Guðmundsdóttir exhibition
Thorvaldsen Bar
Austurstæti 8-10
www.thorvaldsen.is
Jul 16–Aug 27
Oil paintings by Helga Sigurðardóttir
Outside Reykjavík
Skaftfell
Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður
www.skaftfell.is
Aug 11–Nov 11
A group exhibition featuring works by
Erla Þórarinsdóttir, Hulda Hákon, Jón
Óskar and Steingrímur Eyfjörð
Hafnarborg
Strandgata 34, Hafnarfjörður
Mon.–Sun. 11–17
www.hafnarborg.is
Aug 9–Sep 9
Paintings by American artist Joan
Perlman
LÁ Art Museum
Austurmörk 21, 810 Hveragerði
Open daily from 12–18
Current exhibition:
Moving Mountains
Summer exhibition
Gljúfrasteinn
– Halldór Laxness museum
270 Mosfellsbær
Open daily except Mondays from
10–17.
Kópavogur Art Museum
– Gerðarsafn
Hamraborg, Kópavogur
Open daily 11–17 except Mondays
www.gerdarsafn.is
The Icelandic Museum of Design
and Applied Art
Lyngás 7–9, 121 Garðabær
Opening hours: Tues.–Fri. 14–18; Sat.
and Sun. 16–18.
www.mudesa.org
Exhibitions devoted to Icelandic design.
The Icelandic Settlement Centre
Brákarbraut 1–15, Borgarnes
Opening hours: May to Sep 10–20; Sep
to May 11–17.
www.landnam.is
Permanent exhibitions:
The Settlement of Iceland: The Saga of
Egill Skalla-Grímsson
Suðsuðvestur
Hafnargata 22, Keflavík
Thu.–Fri. 16–18
Sat.–Sun. 14–17
www.sudsudvestur.is
Gallery Klaustur
At Skriðuklaustur
800 Egilsstaðir
www.skriduklaustur.is
Jul 28–Aug 31
While She Sleeps
Svala Ólafsdóttir exhibition
Vatnasafn / Library of Water
Bókhlöðustígur 17, 340 Stykkishólmur
www.libraryofwater.is
Open daily from 11–17.
Permanent exhibition:
Roni Horn installation. She has replaced
stacks of books with glass columns
containing water gathered from
Iceland’s glaciers and glacial rivers.
Sandgerði Museum
Gerðavegur 1, Sandgerði.
Until Feb 7, 2008
Polar Adventures
Exhibition on the life and work of the
French polar explorer, scientist and
doctor Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
Jónas Viðar Gallery
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Fri.–Sat. 13–18
www.jvs.is/jvgallery.htm
Jul 21–Aug 12
Graphics by Janne Laine
Akureyri Art Museum
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Tue.–Sun. 12–17
www.listasafn.akureyri.is
Jun 30–Aug 19
Fjallið / The Mountain
Georg Guðni retrospective
DaLí Gallery
Brekkugata 9, Akureyri
Mon.–Sat. 14–18
www.daligallery.blogspot.com
Jul 28–Aug 12
Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson exhibition
GalleriBOX
Kaupvangstræti 10, Akureyri
www.galleribox.blogspot.com
Current exhibition:
Birta Guðjónsdóttir exhibition
Núpur eitt
West-Eyjafjöll, 861 Hvolsvöllur
Open daily from 12–18
Aug 4–Aug 12
40/40
Margrét Einarsdóttir Long exhibition
Films
Becoming Jane
Regnboginn
Blind Dating
Sambíóin Álfabakka
Evan Almighty
Sambíóin Álfabakka, Smárabíó
Harry Potter 5
Sambíóin Akureyri, Sambíóin Álfabak-
ka, Sambíóin Kringlunni
Ocean’s 13
Sambíóin Álfabakka
Grindhouse: Death Proof
Regnboginn
Grindhouse: Planet Terror
Laugarásbíó, Regnboginn, Borgarbíó
Akureyri
The Simpsons Movie
Smárabíó, Laugarásbíó, Háskólabíó,
Regnboginn, Borgarbíó Akureyri, Sam-
bíóin Keflavík
Transformers
Sambíóin Kringlunni, Smárabíó,
Laugarásbíó, Háskólabíó, Sambíóin Ál-
fabakka, Sambíóin Akureyri, Sambíóin
Keflavík
Be sure to check out the “Green
Light” mini filmfest, showing 18 in-
die and alternative movies August
15-29. www.graenaljosid.is
Movie Theatres
Regnboginn, Hverfisgata 54
101 Reykjavík, Tel. 551-9000
Háskólabíó, Hagatorg
107 Reykjavík, Tel. 525-5400
Laugarásbíó, Laugarás
104 Reykjavík, Tel. 565-0118
Smárabíó, Smáralind
201 Kópavogur, Tel. 564-0000
Sambíóin, Álfabakki 8
109 Reykjavík, Tel. 575-8900
Sambíóin, Kringlan 4-12
103 Reykjavík, Tel. 575-8900
Sambíóin Akureyri, Ráðhústorg
600 Akureyri, Tel. 461-4666
Nýja-Bíó, Hafnargata 33
230 Reykjanesbær, Tel. 421-1170
Selfossbíó, Eyrarvegur 2
800 Selfoss, Tel. 482-3007
Events
Open House at the
Intercultural Centre
10.08 Every Friday night, the Inter-
cultural centre plays host to an
intercultural meeting. The concept
is to bring foreigners and Icelanders
together, give them the opportunity to
get to know other people and to share
experiences. The meetings feature
plenty of activities so attendees can get
to know each other’s cultures. Entrance
is free.
The Intercultural Centre, Hverfisgata 18
Primal Dance
22.08–23.08 The dance group Primal
Scene will be teaching all the newest
steps in hip-hop, house, hype and
locking at Egilshöll sports hall.
Price per dance lesson is 1,300 ISK.
For more info see: myspace.com/
primalscenedance
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There is a natural process that occurs
every few years by which a sheep
fully sheds all of its year-long wool
to begin fresh. The renewing and re-
juvenating process is called “Reyfi”
in Icelandic, and it is a symbol of
rebirth in this cold northerly nation.
The metaphoric name is a fitting
one for the upcoming Reyfi Festival,
which the Nordic House planned as
a celebration of its new facilities,
which have been torn up, dug out,
and renovated for the past two and
a half months. The first date of the
festival, August 18 (also the night
of the widely-celebrated “culture
night” Menningarnótt), marks the
full shedding of the old wool at the
Nordic House, and the opening of
an all-new and improved centre.
The Nordic House’s purpose is to
unite the peoples, cultures and lan-
guages of Scandinavia (that includes
Finland and the Faroe Islands, in case
you were wondering) right here in
Iceland. Reyfi, the Nordic House’s
first event of this magnitude, is a
nine-day (from August 18 August
26) festival in which artists, dancers,
photographers, authors, sculptors,
filmmakers, musicians, chefs, and
theatre groups will represent their
own pieces of the northern world
for what the festival planners expect
to be thousands of attendees.
Over the course of the week-
and-a-half long festival there will
be upwards of 30 musical acts, all
playing under the roof of a 700 sq.
meter glass dome that has been
specially transported from its fes-
tival use in Holland. The festival’s
eclecticism is apparent, ranging
from rock and pop bands to opera
and classical, to traditional Swedish
folk music. The night of August 18
will have a jazz theme, with South
African/Swedish jazz group Democ-
racy of Jazz, and renowned Swed-
ish jazz singer Maria Winther. From
Iceland is Kári Árnason’s Band, a very
talented local band who play funky
jazz standards.
A particularly big name in the
indie world, the Swedish darling
Jens Lekman, will be playing a few
of his songs for Reykjavík fans on
August 24. Other indie rock acts in-
clude Iceland’s Hjaltalín (August 23),
Seabear (August 20), Norway’s Ane
Brun (August 20), Sweden’s country
pop musician Nancy Kinert (August
22), Iceland’s acid-folk angel Ólof
Arnalds (August 24), and Budam
(August 20) a Faroese story-telling
rock band.
Iceland’s beloved answer to Bob
Dylan, Megas, will be performing on
August 25.
Interesting music acts include
Havnarkórið, a 30-person choir
from the Faroe Islands who dress
in traditional Faroese costumes and
perform traditional Faroese dances
(August 19); The Finnish soprano
Laura Pyrrö and Icelandic baritone
Ágúst Ólafson will perform duets
by Grieg and Mozart.
On August 19 literary genius
Einar Már Guðmundsson (author
of Angels of the Universe) will be
reading chapters from his book; the
Finnish film Jade Warrior will show
on August 20; and for the entire
duration of the festival there will be
an exhibition up with art from Reyk-
javík kindergarteners. From August
22 to August 26, the contemporary
Finnish circus Med Andra Ord will
provide a different approach to the
traditional high-flying circus.
There will also be a restaurant
serving “New Nordic Cuisine” dish-
es like Finnish perogi and Swedish
apple cider. On weekdays it will be
open from 14 to midnight. Expect
earlier opening times on the week-
ends, for obvious reasons.
There is no unifying standard for
which language certain events will
use. Some will be in Swedish, some
in Faroese, some in Icelandic, and
maybe even a few in English. Rest
assured that nothing will be lost in
translation. CF
For more information, please visit
reyfi.is or nordice.is.
glaumbar - tryggvagötu 20 - tel: 552-6868 - www.glaumbar.is
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Woolens factory store,
located in Vik
Víkurprjón ehf
Phone: 487-1250
www.vikwool.is
Genuine woolen goods,
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Also wide selection
of souvenirs